Angus maddison, who died in 2010, was among the most influential of economic historians; his book on the world economy over the past 2,000 years is a classic. Now, one of the institutions he worked for, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, has teamed up with the University of Utrecht to produce an account of the conditions of life in 25 countries since 1820. It details everything from builders' wages in 1920s Japan to homicide rates in 19th-century Italy. It bridges the gap between Maddison's macroeconomic panorama and microeco-nomic studies by historians such as Peter Laslett, author of "The World We Have Lost", about early modern England. For the most part, the findings confirm what is suspected, if not known in such detail. The number of years in education has increased everywhere. Average heights have risen almost everywhere (by 1.1cm more in America in 1820-1990 than in China). The purchasing power of construction workers' wages has grown everywhere, though in Britain the rise was tenfold in 1820-2000; in Indonesia it was only twice.
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机译：安格斯·马迪森（Angus Maddison）于2010年去世，他是最有影响力的经济史学家之一。他关于过去2000年世界经济的书是一部经典著作。现在，他为之工作的机构之一，经济合作与发展组织（OECD）与乌得勒支大学（University of Utrecht）合作，对18个国家/地区的生活状况进行了统计。该报告详细介绍了1920年代建筑商的工资日本对19世纪意大利的凶杀率表示怀疑。它弥合了麦迪逊的宏观经济全景与历史学家（例如《失去的世界》的作者彼得·拉斯莱特）对微观现代英格兰的微观经济学研究之间的鸿沟。在大多数情况下，调查结果证实了可疑的内容，即使没有得到如此详细的了解。各地的教育年限都在增加。平均身高几乎在所有地方都有所上升（美国在1820-1990年间比中国高1.1厘米）。建筑工人工资的购买力到处都有增长，尽管在1820-2000年间，英国的增长是十倍。在印度尼西亚，只有两次。
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